Schrut v. News America Publishing, Inc.

OPINION OF THE COURT

David B. Saxe, J.

On October 13,1982 at a New York State unemployment office in New York City, Ms. Marilyn Schrut, a free-lance photographer, noticed President Reagan’s son Ron standing in line, presumably waiting to receive his benefits. Quickly realizing the irony of this situation, Ms. Schrut shot a photograph which she sold that day to the New York Post. It appears the New York Post, News Group Publication Inc. (a subsidiary of the named defendant) published these now-famous photographs on October 14, and 15,1982 pursuant to a written agreement for which News Group…